Downes, Willis, Private, 203285, 1st/4th Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment Born Woodhouse, Sheffield, Yorkshire Enlisted Sheffield Killed in action 19th July 1917 aged 39 Son of the late William and Sarah Downes, of Castle Villas, Hill-Top, Bolsover, Chesterfield. Commemorated on the Nieuport Memorial
1911 Census A colliery labourer above ground Son of William, a coal miner dataller below ground, and Sarah Downes, of 171, Langwith Road, Hillstown, Bolsover, Derbyshire
(Photograph and article from the Derbyshire Times, 1st September 1917)
Downes, Willis, Private, 203285, 1st/4th Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
Born Woodhouse, Sheffield, Yorkshire
Enlisted Sheffield
Killed in action 19th July 1917 aged 39
Son of the late William and Sarah Downes, of Castle Villas, Hill-Top, Bolsover, Chesterfield.
Commemorated on the Nieuport Memorial
1911 Census
A colliery labourer above ground
Son of William, a coal miner dataller below ground, and Sarah Downes, of 171, Langwith Road, Hillstown, Bolsover, Derbyshire
(Photograph and article from the Derbyshire Times, 1st September 1917)
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